As you could have read here I spotted lots and lots of cars in the SF Bay area (and a bit outside that area) and took a lot of pictures of them. Most of them were done with my trusty analogue SLR and one of them was this Toyota Cressida MX61:
Toyota Cressida MX61 in San Francisco
From the other angle the car looks perfectly normal, but as you can see from this angle you can see the Jokers face in it. ;)
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I finally developed all films I took with my analogue SLR (Zenit-E with Weltblick 135mm at full lens opening) at the Infineon raceway drift exhibition. I never took photos of moving objects at night so most photos were taken with a very wild guess: the light meter on the camera did not show anything at all, the Sixtomat lightmeter I use as a backup was stretched to its 1600 iso maximum and then calculated back with 5 stops since my camera had a black and white 100 iso film in it. To my surprise a lot of them actually worked out fine for some of the pictures!
Take for instance this photo of a competing AE86:
Competing Corolla GT-S AE86
I must say: not bad at all for a first time!
Also the Techno Toy Tuning 510 is still recognizable:
Techno Toy Tuning Datsun 510
Could have been better if I would have had a flash with me, but nothing whatsoever in my camera bag… Next time I’ll definitely bring along a strong one!
Here is another Corolla GT-S AE86:
Corolla GT-S AE86 going sideways
The picture is quite nice, but I’m not really getting the feeling it is going sideways. I should have either used a different angle or extended the timing a bit.
Perhaps a bit more like thiis Nissan 240SX S13 (with Silvia nosejob):
Nissan 240SX (Silvia S13 conversion) going sideways
Now I really get the feeling this car is going sideways. With a freezing flash it would have been a perfect shot!
And last but not least, a long exposure shot:
Long exposure shot
Not the best angle for these kind of pictures, but nevertheless still content with the result.
Take note that these are scans of the negatives (with a proper negative scanner) so I’ll definitely develop these five as proper photos and see if I can stretch their quality a bit more! Also next time I’ll include the next roll of film which was a 400 iso color film.
At the day of my arrival in the SF Bay area I went to the Santa Clara mall and parked at the top. I immediately noticed this Celica GT Liftback parked so I parked right next to it and took a few snapshots (including some B/W following later).
Down at the mall: Toyota Celica GT RA64
Correct me if I’m wrong, but I suspect it is the 22R powered RA64 model since no other US models are marketed as a GT (or GT-S).
The paintjob on this Celica has seen better days, just like a lot of other 15+ year old cars I spotted. I now understand why cars in California need a new paintjob regularly. ;)
A big bad remote controlled lowrider truck almost going amok on the crowd!
Now that’s a real toy for big boys!
Ever wondered what an Isuzu Bellett GT-R looked and sounded like from the inside?
It is a shame they don’t rev that 1600cc DOHC all the way up to its redline… Then again: this car is so rare it would be a shame to damage it…
Even though this Carina GT-R has the biggest spoiler I’ve seen so far (apart from the GT spoilers) and a ridiculous scoop on its bonnet it is still looking great. Must be the periodically correct wheels that match up with the spoiler and scoop.
Carina AA63 with big spoiler and hood scoop
Unfortunately the picture is too blurry to make out what these rims actually are. They look a bit like SSR Mk III rims but at the same time they could very well be SSR Star Formula or Work Excel rims…
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